Letter.

LetterPublished in TheNationalUAE on 22Sep23 write in reference to Taniya Dutta’s article India introduces women's reservation bill in parliament (September 19): the Indian government has made a promising start to the proceedings in the new parliament building by passing the women's reservation bill in the lower house. Indian women, indeed all women in the world, need to be empowered. The nation's women have long deserved to be better represented in government at all levels. The only issue is that a clause has been added to the bill, which means that it is likely to take at least 15 years for the legislation to be implemented (assuming the bill clears the upper house and then in a majority of the 28 state assemblies across the country). Nonetheless, this is a positive step for the nation. I congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team for their success after years of other parties attempting to pass the bill. K.Ragavan,Bengaluru,India